Copepods in a frontal region of the Alboran Sea (January 1997)

Licandro, P., Pugh, P.R. and Sertorio Zunini, T. (2000) Copepods in a frontal region of the Alboran Sea (January 1997). In, Atti Della Associazione Italiana DI Oceanologia e Limnologi. (Atti del Congresso della Associazione Italiana di Oceanologia e Limnologia, 13) 2 ed. Atti del 2^oCongresso della Associazione Italiana di Oceanologia e Limnologia (29/11/76 - 30/11/76) Genova. pp. 351-362.

Abstract

The pelagic ecosystem was investigated in the Alboran Sea during a multidisciplinary international oceanographic expedition on board the RRS Discovery in December 1996 - January 1997. One of the aims of the research was to provide information on the relations between a biotic (physical and hydrological) and biotic(chlorophyll and particulate matter) factors and the spatial distribution of zooplankton in the vicinity of the Almeria-Oran Front. This paper reports the results on the composition and abundance of the copepod community at two stations located on the Atlantic and Mediterranean sides of the Almeria-Oran Front. On both sides of the frontal zone, the dominant copepods were Eucalanus and Pleuromamma together accounting for more than 44% of all copepods. Diel vertical migration of biomass was consistent within the top 500 m of the water column, mainly due to copepods of the genus Pleuromamma.

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